We Need Not Only Physical Dimensions to Describe Our Surroundings

question 29

True/False

We need not only physical dimensions to describe our surroundings but also some way to scale or divide these physical dimensions.

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

Change in the sensitivity of a receptor that usually makes the receptor less sensitive to its stimulus.

Proprioception

The sense of the relative position of one's own parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement.

Somatic Sensing

Somatic sensing involves the perception of bodily sensations, including touch, temperature, pain, and proprioception, integral to physical experiences.

Integration

Summing up of excitatory and inhibitory signals by a neuron or by some part of the brain.